Scripture for Life

Scripture reflections for every Sunday

Ships passing in the night?

Jun 19, 2019

Daily Easter Reflections: I've heard it described as "ships passing in the night." What do you imagine when you hear that expression? Do you imagine two giant liners that move silently past one another on a foggy night, going in opposite directions?

Sing Sunday, even in the summer

by J. Michael McMahon

Jun 18, 2019

Daily Easter Reflections: After the great 90 days of Lent and Easter and the two great feasts that American Catholics celebrate on the two Sundays after Pentecost, June sees the return of the "green Sundays."

The church is immersed in the world

by Biagio Mazza

Jun 17, 2019

Daily Easter Reflections: Gaudium et Spes, one of the most significant documents coming out of the Second Vatican Council (1962-65), was conceived during the lively interactions that occurred among the council participants.

Trinity Sunday: The mystery of love

by Mary Collins

Jun 16, 2019

Daily Easter Reflections: It was a balmy Trinity Sunday and the door of the old neighborhood church was open. Four of us were taking a shortcut through the back streets of Bologna, rushing to get to a nearby tourist attraction. We heard the opening hymn and looked at each other, uncertain of what came next.

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Ships passing in the night?

Sing Sunday, even in the summer

The church is immersed in the world

Trinity Sunday: The mystery of love

Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity: All the names of love

Spreading spring sunshine

Over the bent world

The power of the story

Doctrinal preaching

The fire of your love

Every baptized believer has a gift essential to the whole church

Pentecost Sunday: Moments that change us forever are part of a bigger process

An ancient tale, in poetry and song, reveals the mystery

Archaeology and female authority in the early church

Nothing like a hedgerow

Come Holy Spirit

Globalization and the church

Singing the Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit's disruptions of wind, noise and fire

The undiscovered country

Come, Holy Spirit

The unruly, chaotic wind of God

Turning off the engine

Undertaking baptism

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